Newhouse Social Media

Newhouse Social Media

Newhouse Social Media  //  Curated by colleagues from the 2012 MAYmester PRL530 Social Media for Public Relations class in the Public Relations Master's Program at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.

Jan 13 / 8:35pm

Red Cross Raises $800,000+ for Haiti Through Text Message Campaign

Susan Watson, director of marketing and visibility for the Red Cross, tells us that they’re getting reports every half hour with the latest donation numbers, and the current total — as of 4:30 p.m. EST — is greater than $800,000 for text message donations alone.

Wow. This is a great testament to the power of social media and mobile campaigns during a natural disaster crisis. Much can be learned from this for future disasters.

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